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MA! LS. AkaivED—c Heligoland, t Waterford. Dua—s Gotten burgh, t Malta, t Dublin, 2. Waterford. PRICE OF. STOCKS. ilizs DAY AT Ti.i'tsv C O'CLOCK. 66i 66. Red. Ann. - Consols - 663 k THE SOLZM 21/15 DlCialt. lALSUM AUDEAT ? LON D 0 THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1808. WE have wen some rivate letters from the Con tinent, on which we place the,naotimplicit reliance, which state, that a War betviiiBA ratie and Austria appears inevitable, and that, BUONAPARTE is making ail the necessary preparations for the immediate commencement of a Camilaign: • • We received this morning Hamburgh Papers to 'the 13th inst. from which we have-made very copi ous Extraets. We are happy to find that all the pre cautions of the Tyrant have been insufficient to keep the people of the Continent in ignorance of the imps= Cant eients.which have occurred in Spain. It appears from some of the articles which . we haVe .seleaed, that the surrender of: the French Fleet in ,Cadiz harbour was known on the Continent, and other details had - reached them, though in a con fused manner, ~The noble determination of the Spanish Troops in Denmark, notwithstanding the difficulties of their situation, to preserve their fidelity to their lawful Sovereign, and the_ energetic measures _which they adopted, wan tho_assistance of the Bri tish Navy, to carry that detidtillination into execu tion, could not of course, r :*k'ept a secret ; but the plan was effected with suchi.s . lcill and celerity, that the French seem to have bettOaken quite by sur- prize. In Hamburgh the niok-ikt4il's'ive Prepara ti,ns had been made for the celebration of BUONA• PARTE'S birth-day, 4,prcier of the FreOch Generals. They did not, however, stay to partake of the fes• tivities, for all the French and Dutch Troops in Ham. burgh were suddenly ordereeatriSw . dfds Holstein, ot in consequence, as it is stated, _of the)efeeiion of the Spanish Troops. We, have,;:however; the satisfa&ion of knowing that they arrived too late. We have no , . doubt that BERNADOTTE . upon this occasion,* wreak his vengeance : upon his Almter's good Ally, . the KING, of DENMARK. • For some time past tire French have treated Holstein more like a conquered Province than the territory,of an allied Power. They have forcibly taken possession of *he fortresses, and levied enormous contributions. Now they will add' to their oppression, by. way of punishing the KING. of DENMAtK for not haying opposed: the escape of. the Spanish Troops—an event Which be could nei ther foresee nor prevent. A rumour was circulated at Harnburgh, that an engaOment had taken place, in the Baltic between the Britiyli and Russian Fleets, in which the latter were defeated. We have seldom enjoyed, more pleasure in com municating intelligence of ititefest and importance, than we experienced yesteraay,. in. pc fitting to our Readers the : Gazette Extraordinary', 'containing an official confirmation of those good tidings, the sub -stance of which we gave the day before, as conveyed by the telegraph to the Admiralty, and which ar rived soon after in the dispatches brought to town by Lieutenant HITCI-lINS. The wisdbr i tt , find prompt ness with which Ministers deciV:l' ihe important measure of releasing the Spanish -Troops who had been seduced from their country, and placed under the GoVernment of Dentriark; can only be equalled by the addreskand ability with which it was car ried into execution. The account given by Admiral KEATS is highly interesting, and . must considerably increase the high character which he has acquired, not only for profejsional zeal and knowledge; but for all the sagacity and prudence which the peculiar nature Of so arduous a service required.. Nor is this: all, for be . yas 35 33.X.10114..i.a _zuFport tin; honors - of the nation in- his treatment of the Danes, as to res cite a numerous body of heroic soldiers froM dis graceful captivity, who .were. burning with indigna tion at the injuries which their country had .received, and animated by the Most eager desire to basten to assist in the glorious effort to secure her independence . Never, will-we ~presume to say, ~vas any Measure of a similar nature framed with:more wisdom, con duEted with more ability, or rifwarded with more complete success. It is needless to dwell on the i)ast. advantages Which will result from, the jnnftion .„ of _these Spaniards with their countrYthen at home. They will, from experience, be -able to give those Countrymen full information respeaing the cha r ra&er and conduCA of the French Troops, if indeed they, can want any additional intelligenCe, after the infamous behaviour of th k ., A v, T ro op s in Spain. But this is not all. 'What ..i'ffifri , ssiou mu.h the conduEt of Great fkitaiii make upon:Spain, when she finds that we-are not (Airy disposed to send her-all the assistance which he way require at hone,lant anxious 'to for Ward het : interests, \‘,. her-ever we have ; any opportunity of rendering her =ervl e Such sondlia on the part of Great Britain, most se cure:the edeem and gratitude of Spain forige4 and needs not any . cOmpatison with the fiatiticuo at tempt of France, under her -atrocious 1-TAlrper, to reduce her to , slavery. 'Hence, then, we may look forward to a long, and we _hope a perpe tual intercourse of friendship and mutual interest between this country and Spain, as the latter never can forget that, whatever is due to herself for that noble spirit of loyalty and patriotism which she has . displayed, the disinterested zeal and ,the powerful aid of Great Britain, have eminently contributed towards the glorious cause in Which she is engaged,. and in which we doubt not, by her own resolute' perseverance and the co-operation of this Country, she will finally triumph over her ferocious invader. FROM THE HAILIBURGH PAPERS. -.Z• to the resentment of the inhabitants, to whom he had refused arms, on their,having dernanded them; to op pose the French, the Fleet had been surrendered on certain conditions . to the English, and Softie 'Britistp( Troops, joined by the Spanish Insurgents; had eiteped a landing, and defeated a French corps of 8000 Men, most. of whom were killed, and the-rest put .to flight, with the loss of their artillery, ammunition,,, and baggage. This battle is said to - have been fought between Madrid and Cadiz. We cannot take leave of this subject without adverting'to the infamous falsehood which appear ed in the Journals, under the coutroul of the French Tyrant, which stated .that these gallant' Spaniards who, ag Admiral KEATS relates, " . judigrmin't at. the proposal cf deserting their allegiance, though sur rounded by hostile battalions, planted their co lours in the centre of a circle• they forrUed, and 4 , swore on their knees to be faithful to their Coun try," are represented by, those despicable vehicles of slavery and 'despotism, in a pretended article from Copenhagen, dated AugUS(3, as having Caken "-the oath of fidelity and allegiance to their Sovereign Jo- SEPH NAPOLEON !! !" How wretched must be the . . condition' of France to be kept in such lamentable ignorance, and to be obliged to,give currency to such infamous falsehoods ! the South of Spain another Junta i's said to have been formed, which organizes the insurrection , and" leads the combined operations against the French. The new soi-disant King of Spain is said to have refused, on this. account, to-pursue his jour= ney to Madrid.' After:all possible 411 . iriA _made, thereport could not be traced to any:channel of au thenticity, as people in general here are afraid of de elli claring, even tofriends, the sources 4(fheir int gence, for, fear of being arrested, and perhaps obliged, even it they should speak true, to :forfeit their lives. Great preparations are now making at Hamburgh for the Feast of NAPOLEON, on the 15th of Au Est; at which BERNADOTTE, Gen. DupAS, and manyn French, Spanish, and Dutch Military Officers, . • ,0 to be present, The Spanish army'in Holstein has, it is repiOrtek been awed by all sorts of threats to do .hoinaixe,juidt • 0 swear fidelity to the new King'JOsPii Nixr4cor.' —Officers were given pretty plainly t'o understand, that, Unless they complied, they would be disarmed, dismissed the service, and those 'who had, property' would lose it by confiscation. - None of the offiiell i or soldiers from Spain receive any letters from tipeir country, speaking of the 'state of things, which,' by all -secret chantwls of information, appear to be dredful. IT has been stated, that Government didllot take measures for communicating the importantevents which had occurred in Spain till the end 'of July. We are enabled to assert, upon the most undoubted authority, that a communication was made by Go vernment to ,the Marquis DE ROMANA more than two months ago, and that he began to take measures • for the liberation of the troops under his command. Yesterday, at twelve:o'clock, his MAJESTY ar rived at the'QUeen's Palace; from Windsor, and was received by his Royal Highness the Duke 4f KENT. At two o'clock his MAJESTY held a private Levee ; gave audience to the Cabin.A Minisiers present:; Ind left town, for Windsor, tibont half paSt tonr o'clock. Yesterday,Sir TILOMAS TROUBRIDGE had an audi ence With Lord MULGRAVE at the Admiralty, the, first time since his return from._ the East Indies, where he has been a consideraWe time crukhing oh board his Majesty':; - Ship Greyli-474,.iii search of his much-larneoted father in the Blenheim. In Hatnburgh the poverty of the inhabitants in creases daily, and the treasury of the city milk pa* all the - expenees that are_ to defray the celebration of the Feast of NAPOLEON. These expences, it,is said, will amount to near 100,000 inailcsi,--meanwhile manx families want bread. The total silence of the French Papers as to the state Of the Royal Family of Spain, teods,strongly to justify the suspicions which we lately intimated, that some thing fatal had befallen one or more :of them, and that ni turn they will all be the victims of the French Tyrant's barbarous policy. The fate of PLCHEGRU and ToussmNT prepared the world for expecting every thing atrocious from the Tyrant ; and that of the Puke D'ENGHp.or still more.. As for poor TOT.T&SAINT, it was not deemed necessary .by the Usurper that he should take any notice of his la mentable end, still less that he should condescend to give any false colouring to the termination of the' gallant Chieftain's sufferings. The Tipperary Yeomanry, to the amount oi .500 fine fellows, have tendered. their services to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to volunteer; as a Ai& Corps, to assist in rescuing the gallant . S.pduiards from the fangs of tyranny. • Sir CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS has .been acqilitted pn the business of the Grampound Eleaion as well, as• on that of Penryn, and these decisiOns favotir orthe worthy Baronet have given general sat6faaion. in' the County. ST. PETERSBURGH,• JULY 16,--The day before yesterday a Ship of theline, of 1.00 guns, and, three Frigates were launched. They are now to be con veyed to Croustadt, where they will be fitted cut for immediate service. A Squadron, composed of se ral Sail of the Line and Frigates, are shortly to se sail from Cronstadt, under the orders of AChlllllll CHANNIKOF. Of the American vessels lately , arrived here, one was ordered away on -account of: the irregularity pr•; her papers, but t wootbers obtained leave to unt6all In giga se% eral neutral vessels have lately arrived with neutral property on board.. , . The name of the Vessel . , launched on Tuesday, was.' the Blake. This grand sight attracted the greatest. 'number of spectators ever,. known on a similar occasion at Deptford. The holiday folks, in their way to Peckham. Fair, all stopped.to . view the interesting scene. The Trinity yacht.. was moored off-the Kin ;'s yard, for the reception of the Prin cess of ;AVALEs, who was attended by. the Lady in Waiting, Lord Hoor, and a number of Gentle men. Her Royal Highness came from Greenwich in Lord Hoop's barge; to the yacht. Admiral STANHOPE and An elegant party were in the Ad mires o eltant booths, decorated with colours, were fitted up for the reception of visitors,' but these, though large, were not sufficient to con.: tain the company, among whom were Sir RICHARD BICICR.TON, Sir EDWARD HAMILTON, Mr. RosE, General ° FRASER, and a long list of fashionables. The ship went off twenty minutes before three, in the grandest stile, amidst the acclamations of the, by-standers. The Blake is a fine 74, of the largest class; the figure on .the head is a bust of the brave Admiral, .crowned with a wreath of hurrel, and on her stern, beautifully-carved and coloured, is a Line of Battle Ship, her top-masts all gone, engaging a large castle of great force. She is built of fo reign oak. The French Papers tell us that by Imperial De eras a grMt rqactis to-be formed direst trout Paris to Madrid, and to other parts of Spain. The French, nd particularly Don J9sErn, have reason to tegrek that such roads do not at present exist, as they might hasten with greater rapidity from Spanish vengeance, and secure their plunder. AMSTEIpAN, JULY o'. —The intelligence .re ceived here yesterday of an Imperial Decree having been issued at Bayonne, according .to which , the cargoes of all American stips, which arrived since the rst of November, of last year, are to be deClared good prizes ; but such cargoes as arrived previous to that period, and were sequestered, are to, be sold by public auEtion, and the proceeds 'deposited in the Public Che 4; 'Until the necessary proofs of the pro perty shall have been produced, has. not had any in fluence on our markets. VIENNA, JULY .9..—Yestei = clay arrived here 24 . beautiful coach-horses, with which his Imperial Ma jesty has been presented by the King of Holland. Accounts from Oden state, that upwards of 49,000 bales of cotton are on their way to this place., His Imperial Majesty has 'appointed his brother-in-law, the Archduke FiRDINAND, to be Governor of Bo hemia, where, according to report, the number of troops_ are increasing. The Archduke is at the same time Governor of Moravia and of.the Austrian part of Silesia. VENI,CE,- JULY t 6.-- : The English have made se veral fruitless attempts to cut out Vessels frorri our harbour, and to take tile Horteizsia Ship of War, which was lying in the Port of Citta Nova,'in For these two years past they have been in poSi4; sion of a safe and convenient harbour in Chevio, in Dalmatia Nand, which is known under the name of Luffin Pousoli, and whence they infested the whole coast of Dalmatia, Istria, Venice, and Tricate. But Col. Domßl OUSKY has now occupied it wiih his troops and artfllery, so that the Enemy is completely ex r cluded from that harbour. It_would be rather surprising that BUONAPARTX should so coolly proceed in ordinary matters relative to Spam, after all that has happened in that coun try, if such condna.were nOt to be cote ,idered as a part of that system of delusion by which he so tcli- C 13101.154 attempts to keep France.irt ignorance of the miscarriage of his . Spanish Expedition. • ' TRANCKFORT, JULY 26.—Accounts from:Mayence state, that a great number of workmen are employed' in increasing and strengthening that place and the fortress 'of Cassel. The French Commissary at War has also given notice, that all such persons as are de. sirous.of delivering old linen and lint, for the use of the hospitals, are to present, to him their tenders. .i•• ..[EltivATe:i,ETT.i . R.]' Letters froin Wesel mention that 26 compan ies 1 NKS Of'Til these Z'ELBe,- iLLY "... .—FOr . two : .' o l f troops are expe&ed there f;om the interior of 04y. -.---; past, it M 7 been rumoured in a once great corn- 4,6lNice, which are to be formed into Provincial Re kieicial City-of Northern Germany, that the Lady .it it giments, besides seven battalions and several squa :, i I . •44?,.. 1 ,,; of .au.-e-minent—Putc Merchant had Writtert`teliWP Urons of horse, whose destination is not know.n. , bal Ladyrof the French Minister, from Paris, that itkvas..t ,BELGRADE, JULY g.—The heavy taxes imposed reported in the higher circles - -there, that after the l . by the Ottoman. Porte on- the Christian inhabitan ts . . death of the Governorof'Cadi, who fell a sacrifice of Livadia (ancient Greece), and the constant or pression which they experience an the part of the Turkish Government, have driven them to rise again st their oppressors. NicifoLAs CASPULO, a na,i; (i 6f )IZaparzia, situated on the mountain Lacha, Or. all cient Olympus, is' at the head of the . insurge firs , amounting to upwards of 12,000 men. They 10`e y. had several smart actions with the Basha tc .of Tiskalaf. • • . . i• - FRANCKFOTIT, JULY ,29.—The report of SolZou' l having been taken poisession of by the Russians is .without foundation. Several French Ne . wspar" apprise, that the Emperor NAPOLEON is nat. • onli expeaed at-Strasburgil, but that positive ordor,A bsive been received to fit up the Palace of Goverutneut his reception„.._ REVEL, JULY 3.--r The utmost dearth and scarcity preVaili here. silver ruble has ari , 2n from - 10 to QOB copecks current value. Several battalions an' .A 'squadrons of the Russian Army, have formed a camp near this place. The English Make frequently their appearance arinieekade our Roadsi but the reper conned iu several foreign Newspapers, of their having bombarded this city, is without foundation: iiiivr.,44.tC. we, to all :appearance, to apprehend- aq nbcgnbardment. - JULY•I7:--B,aroll /wow, our lafq „Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, who, irh return from England, was neither permitted t () land in France or Holland, was allowed' to rentals in gottenburgh on -his'arrival there, and is at pre' ' sent in Marstrand, where he is waiting fox 41 0 - 1 . 5 ' sian Ship to take bhp come. ALTONA, JULY the Officers and Soldier s of the Spanish division stationed in this town an d 1340ghbourhood assembled this day on the plains bel tWeiln Himburgn and Altona to take the oath Of allegiance_ to their Sovereign,. Brigadier-General OERMOSILLAS, Commander of ,the said divisioo4 ordered the New Constitution to be read Q ver to them; after this was dune, all ' the Officers, N° 3- cornmissioned Officers aild soldiers took the oath the form prescribed by the Constitution, and—iar mediately after numerous shouts wereo heard of " Long live tlio aitig Don .I,4nirts akrol,o o2l ' and repeated with - enthusiasm by all th e ni iiitarY py•esent.. - --(Hamb. Correspond.) PRIVATE LETTER. BANKS.s OF THE ELBE, Auo. 1.--The, -9f Hamburgh and its Magistrates hid been summoned. by the French Generals to make the most sump woos and splendid preparations for" the approaching fea l sl gt NAPOLEON, when the inhabitants were Or' priyelt at seven o'clock yesterday evening by the.s.e cl ' den departure of their foreign guests. T wo baits' of Dutch troops, . and a number of artillerY * were ordered to assemble on the grand parade 1 1 nine o'clock, and immediately marched out throng' the Altona Gate, and proceeded by forced iniirch e ! into Holstein. Various are the reports with resPe c ` w the cause of this breaking up, but all agree i n stating that the .Spanish army in Funen and tiolitei a have refused to take the oath of allegiance t o -their - -new sovereign, that they have risen against th e , l'Ffinch and Dutch, massacred a gee number - '. Ol rilf;viiii and being seconded by the combined Britis h atiti l Swedish forces in the Belts, made themselve s 'fliasfd'is of the Island of Laden, and opposed a de s ' per Ate resistance to their treacherous Allies. Sorti e 'Stirthey have even killed sonic of their own Olti - cers. Their General, the Marquis Ds LA RoMANA , lies now ill at Nyborg, and has in consequence re fused to tako the oath: Thus public report Contra dids every 'statement of the Hatnbtirgh and Altoh 3 Papers, •wheSe Editors have been ob,ligcclito assert Wi that the brave-SPanish:'arMy hac,'thocitliesitation taken the oath to the' rieW.King..' To-morrot# alto. ; ther Dutch regiment froitvliternen is to enter Ham burgh, which has now no othergartison than French Bens d'armes, and Custom-house soldiers of the sati le nation. In the mean preparations .for cele braking the feast of N.A.poLEoisT.here are continued with the utmost expedition. The expence attend ; log will he to the .three Hanstowns, Lu beck, Brethen, and Hambureb, not less. th an ' half a million of marks: Lubeck and Bremen are to send §enators as. Deputies, .to be present .at- • this fete: Two triumphal arches have been erected, and, 00„00Q lamps with . all the materials for illu minpttinpS, fire-Works, &c. as well .as the most costly viankkave been put in requisition. - - atow rumoured that Marshal BERN - Ai:mgos (Prince of of PONTE Coavo), will be created King of iloitarrioAr., and have the chielcommand of the French end - their Allies in Spain; to w hiich Country French and German troops have, during the la . ,st fortnight, been sent by lorced marches. BERN ADotTE was at Travemutide, using the baths for' the benefit of his health, when the arrival of Couriers suddenly obliged him to set out for Relicts burh, of which place, according to some reports, the 801iish Insurgent Ariny may have rendered thew selves masters, • and turned the artillery against their enemiei., i ft.ts much doubted whether BER NA DOTTS will. be able to come to the festival of the . 13 as ' the:Spniards Have, - by all accounts, made so uneN peEteddiversion.. Probably the French are noi,v, rather weak in Holstein, as several of their Tegi" . ments in that Country have broken up within these few, days, and are on their march with expeditions for S hav e mane Gor e ing 1: their Casio] Ti theb thel out a andl land 1 haire . hate a clef coon in F 1 !I .17 241 the we Po 12 has agai tv ci seN